[Bulliac]

Francis Cummins : Thu May 31, 2018 1:07 pm  

..has been appointed in temporary charge at Widnes after Denis Betts was sacked according to Sky.

Re: Francis Cummins : Thu May 31, 2018 5:10 pm  

Well, hopefully he'll have learned from his time at Bradford and will have enough distance between him and the players that he's actually able to get something out of them

[Bulliac]

Re: Francis Cummins : Fri Jun 01, 2018 9:12 am  

On the subject of former Bulls' coaches, I wonder how may have noticed Jimmy Lowes sitting (very) adjacent to Les Cats coach Steve McNamara at Huddersfield last night?

Re: Francis Cummins : Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:21 pm  

I think Jimmy is one of those ex players who make a better assistant than a number 1. I think McNamara is probably also in that area but he was in the wrong place at the wrong time when Nobby saw what was coming and jumped ship and Macca couldn't do anything else but take the job that was offered to him. Who would have turned it down but it has affected his reputation since. Jimmy would make a very good assistant to Macca if it was offered and those French speaking locals wouldn't understand the range of expletives he is saying so he would be fine.

Re: Francis Cummins : Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:45 pm  

What is the French for "want a fight ?"

Re: Francis Cummins : Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:46 pm  

Tu veux te battre avec moi!!

Re: Francis Cummins : Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:31 am  

Bulliac wrote:

On the subject of former Bulls' coaches, I wonder how may have noticed Jimmy Lowes sitting (very) adjacent to Les Cats coach Steve McNamara at Huddersfield last night?

And today he has left Leeds "by mutual consent" - Oh dear for Catalan if that pans out..

Re: Francis Cummins : Mon Jun 04, 2018 9:59 am  

Jimmy's ideal job is assistant, he didn't like the responsibility of having everything depending on him (work with his long term mate).

You can't deny McNamara has a decent grasp of the game but a half time savaging from him must be like being licked to death by a toothless Labrador. The only aggressive thing I ever saw him do was drill a penalty kick for touch low and hard into the Threepenny Stand at the Boulevard in response to an hours 'FC Reject' chanting...

Having a Jimmy in there to help 'deliver' the message can only be a good thing.

Re: Francis Cummins : Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:12 am  

Errol Stock wrote:

And today he has left Leeds "by mutual consent" - Oh dear for Catalan if that pans out..

Ross Heppenstall has tweeted seemingly confirming that Jimmy is McNamara's new assistatant. Not seen official announcement but I confess I haven't gone looking either.

Re: Francis Cummins : Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:55 am  

They worked together with the international setup didn't they before Bennett took over. The results from the England team over that period weren't too shabby if I recall correctly.